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wow. do you think people of color should somehow separate their skin & culture as to maintain 'professionalism' in the office? you can not 'separate' race just

wow. do you think people of color should somehow separate their skin & culture as to maintain 'professionalism' in the office? you can not 'separate' race just as you can't separate ones gender or sexual orientation. it is simply a fact and truth of that persons existence. the mere existence of us queer people is not flaunting anything. the expression of our true selfs does not 'flaunt' and thinking it's some kind of attack on 'professionalism' is just backwards. my life is not distracting, just as your life is not.

tommymachine 5y ago
Please, without being racist, tell me, what is a "person of color"?
- dillondoyle 5y ago
  a non white person.
  - tommymachine 5y ago
    So in your mind, creating a category of people that excludes only one race, and affording special privileges to that category of people alone is not racist in nature?
    - EchoAce 5y ago
      Wait, I think you’re misunderstanding a bit. The culture of professionalism ALREADY inherently represses non-straight people (and allows straight people privilege to be who they want). For example, men suits women dresses. There is no culture of professionalism that I know of that gives the privilege to all people. Like a dress code would be fine if it wasn’t obviously biased towards certain culture standards (in this case, western/white, straight). Edit: to put it another way, professionalism in the case of clothing for example would be more fair if there could be a professional qipao, or professional burka, rather than only a professional western option aka the suit.
      - tommymachine 5y ago
        Great job. I could scarcely describe the failures of multiculturalism better if I tried.
    - dillondoyle 5y ago
      what?!?! you have clear bias so this is pointless. A descriptive - factual - term has nothing to do with excluding one race or class of people. I'm gay. That does not mean that every non gay man is excluded ffs
      - tommymachine 5y ago
        So saying "people of color" = "non white people" has nothing to do with excluding a race or class of people? Also, what exactly is factual about the term non-white? In what way is a person categorized as "colored" or "white"? I've never met any person with any part of their body that was entirely "white" other than the whites of their eyes, and even those are more of a very light gray. This line drawing and categorization that you're doing is anything but "factual". I am in disbelief that someone can even say the things you've said, and not be able to see the irony and contradiction. I think you know exactly how nonsensical and racist your argument is, and it doesn't bother you one bit.

tommymachine 5y ago

Please, without being racist, tell me, what is a "person of color"?

dillondoyle 5y ago
a non white person.
- tommymachine 5y ago
  So in your mind, creating a category of people that excludes only one race, and affording special privileges to that category of people alone is not racist in nature?
  - EchoAce 5y ago
    Wait, I think you’re misunderstanding a bit. The culture of professionalism ALREADY inherently represses non-straight people (and allows straight people privilege to be who they want). For example, men suits women dresses. There is no culture of professionalism that I know of that gives the privilege to all people. Like a dress code would be fine if it wasn’t obviously biased towards certain culture standards (in this case, western/white, straight). Edit: to put it another way, professionalism in the case of clothing for example would be more fair if there could be a professional qipao, or professional burka, rather than only a professional western option aka the suit.
    - tommymachine 5y ago
      Great job. I could scarcely describe the failures of multiculturalism better if I tried.
  - dillondoyle 5y ago
    what?!?! you have clear bias so this is pointless. A descriptive - factual - term has nothing to do with excluding one race or class of people. I'm gay. That does not mean that every non gay man is excluded ffs
    - tommymachine 5y ago
      So saying "people of color" = "non white people" has nothing to do with excluding a race or class of people? Also, what exactly is factual about the term non-white? In what way is a person categorized as "colored" or "white"? I've never met any person with any part of their body that was entirely "white" other than the whites of their eyes, and even those are more of a very light gray. This line drawing and categorization that you're doing is anything but "factual". I am in disbelief that someone can even say the things you've said, and not be able to see the irony and contradiction. I think you know exactly how nonsensical and racist your argument is, and it doesn't bother you one bit.